Central Asia and the Caucasus After the Soviet Union: Domestic and International Dynamics

By Mohiaddin Mesbahi

Book Overview

"Conceptually very rich and broad . . . Will outlive the continuous changes that are taking place in the territory of the former Soviet Union."--A. Reza Sheikholeslami, Oriental Institute, St. Antony's College, Oxford University "A multidisciplinary as well as a multicultural approach to the study of Central Asia. . . . An informative account of history, politics, religions, and the social complexities of the Central Asian societies."--Manochehr Dorraj, Texas Christian University Leading Western, Russian, and Central Asian scholars examine here the domestic and international dynamics of Muslim Central Asia and the Caucasus. They address the two circumstances that continue to affect the Muslim states of the former Soviet Union: the enduring impact of the Soviet experience on ethno-social and political life, and the prospects for the recovery of their own identities now that the Soviet system has collapsed. The authors of these essays suggest that the symbiosis of these two forces will continue to characterize political and social developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus for years to come. Contents The Emerging Muslim States of Central Asia and the Caucasus, by Mohiaddin Mesbahi Part 1. Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus: Ethnicity and Islam The Ethnohistorical Dynamics of Muslim Societies within Russia and the CIS, by Sergei A. Panarin The Emerging Central Asia: Ethnic and Religious Factions, by Eden Naby Muslim Central Asia: Soviet Development Legacies and Future Challenges, by M. Nazif Shahrani Part 2. The New Muslim States: The North Caucasus and Azerbaijan The "Internal" Muslim Factor in the Politics of Russia: Tatarstan and the North Caucasus, by Marie Bennigsen Broxup Azerbaijan, by Yuri N. Zinin and Alexei V. Maleshenko Part 3. The New Muslim States: Central Asia Kazakhstan, by Martha Brill Olcott Uzbekistan, by Zahid I. Munavvarov Kyrgyzstan, by Alexander O. Filonyk Tadjikistan, by Aziz Niyazi Turkmenistan, by Andrei G. Nedvetsky Part 4: Russia and the Former Soviet South: The New Geopolitics The Disintegration of the Soviet Eurasian Empire: An Ongoing Debate, by Milan L. Hauner Great Power Ideology and the Muslim Nations of the CIS, by Arthur Sagdeev Central Asia and the Middle East: The Emerging Links, by Anthony Hyman Russia and the Geopolitics of the Muslim South, by Mohiaddin Mesbahi Mohiaddin Mesbahi is associate professor of international relations at Florida International University, Miami. He has published several studies of Soviet-Iranian relations and Central Asian security and is the editor of Russia and the Third World in the Post-Soviet Era (UPF, 1994).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813013089
• ISBN13: 9780813013084
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"